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Chapter 68: Shiina Mahiru, attack!
After school.
Freshman Shiina Mahiru was called away by teacher Hiratsuka, probably to get her school uniform.
Students who did not participate in club activities left the school one after another. Natsume Rin packed her schoolbag and walked towards the club building.
In the second half of the summer vacation, Yukino, whom he had not seen for a long time, had sat in her fixed seat, drinking tea and reading as usual.
When he pushed open the door and walked in, Natsume almost suspected that the holiday he had just spent was a dream. It was not until Yukino looked up, poured him a cup of tea, and asked him about the school festival that Natsume was sure that he was not dreaming.
"Why do we have to participate in the school festival?" Natsume asked from a different angle.
If this was his first time participating in the rich campus activities of an island country's high school, he might still be quite enthusiastic about the campus festival, but he has participated in many such activities during his three years in junior high school, and now his view has changed from focusing on participation to focusing on watching.
There are indeed a lot of activities, but it would be better if he could immerse himself in them as a tourist.
"The student union stipulates that both classes and clubs must be participated in. If you have any objections, please refer to my opinion on attempting to run for student union president for details." Yukino was flipping through the book, and she must have seen an interesting part, as her profile, favored by the sun, revealed a faint smile.
"If you want to resist the school festival, then support me to be the student union president." She added considerately.
Natsume looked away, thinking that she had a problem with her brain. What was the point of supporting her?
"You are thinking about the position of student union president, and it's definitely not because of the so-called school festival." Natsume was very sure.
"Well, I can't deny that. I actually like school festivals." She raised her head and said with a smile, "Especially when someone works for me for free, I can try out many ideas."
Not falling for her trick, Natsume adjusted his non-existent glasses and put on a confident smile like a grade school student of the god of death who discovered the real culprit.
"So it's obvious why you're so interested in the position of president."
"What is it?" Yukino yawned, thinking that Natsume had watched too much anime.
"Because Yang No, she graduated as the president of the student union, and the organization's activity record has not been broken to this day."
Noticing that there was something wrong with her gestures, Natsume became more certain of his thoughts.
"And your relationship with Hiratsuka-sensei depends on her, right? She's the one you've always wanted to defeat, but you've always lived in her shadow. So the easiest way to break that shadow is to defeat her in the same way. So you want to become the student council president and hold events that are even more awesome than Haruno's."
Listening to this idiot's confident reasoning, Yukino rubbed her forehead in pain. The most outrageous thing was that what he said did make some sense.
"Don't argue, I've seen through you." Natsume smiled kindly.
"That does make sense."
Before Natsume could be proud, she said coldly: "But this is not all. As for the real reason, it is not time to tell you yet."
"So the minister is also going to become a liar?" Natsume asked in surprise.
He had thought that someone as proud as Yukino wouldn't lie.
"Is this a lie? You're just hiding part of the truth. If Natsume-san can't tell the difference, I suggest you work harder on your Chinese," she said casually.
"What a shame." Natsume sighed regretfully: "The school has already released the results, but they like to delay it for a few days. Otherwise, I would have seen the pitiful look of the failed Minister Yukinoshita today."
"Do you remember our bet? If you lose, you have to agree to..."
"Ah, ah, ah." Yukino smiled, stood up from her seat, and walked in front of Natsume.
Her jet-black long hair fell to her hands, and her slender legs under the pleated skirt were wrapped in high socks. She looked down at Natsume with a victorious expression on her face.
"You went home this summer, didn't you?"
"Well, what's wrong?" Natsume realized that something was wrong but still maintained a hopeful mentality.
"Do you remember our agreement? If I win, you will follow me home, but you have already done so. I won't get any benefit even if I win."
"..."
That makes sense.
"So the bet is cancelled. Wait until next time..."
Just when she was about to teach Natsume a lesson, the door of the seldom-visited service club was knocked, and the surprised Yukino sat back on the club director's throne.
"Please come in."
"Excuse me, is this the Service Club?" A pleasant female voice came from the door, followed by a little cheerfulness: "Since Natsume-san is also here, it seems that I have found the right place."
Shiina Mahiru, holding a new school uniform in her hand, stood at the door in a pretentious manner. She walked up to Natsume and greeted him enthusiastically. Natsume, who was thought not to be surprised by the sudden incident, was too lazy to resist and reacted instinctively.
"Shiina-san..."
"Who is this?" Yukino frowned as she looked at her. It was not because of her appearance or her overly close behavior towards Natsume, but simply because there was a new person she didn't know.
Yukinoshita Yukino believes in her own memory, and the information of nearly a thousand people from three ages in Sobu High School is all stored in her head.
"Ah, this must be Minister Yukinoshita." Shiina Mahiru looked at her. It was the first time she saw this minister, whom Natsume had complained about many times, and she felt quite surprised.
As a girl who is very good at taking care of her skin, she can be sure that there are not many traces of makeup on Yukinoshita-san's face, so is it just that she is born with such skin?
It's really enviable.
"It's me. How can I help you?" Yukino suddenly remembered what they had posted.
Now that Natsume has returned home obediently, I feel like I can take it off now.
"Hiratsuka-sensei asked me to come."
Shiina Mahiru took the chair handed to her by Natsume, patted his shoulder unceremoniously, and then looked at Yukinoshita, regaining her elegance and introducing herself.
"Shiina Mahiru, I'm a new student who transferred to Sobu High School today. I came here to take a look because Mr. Hiratsuka recommended me to join the Service Club."
Damn it, Shizuka Hiratsuka is really a trouble!
Natsume Rin pretended to be concentrating on reading but was furious. When Hiratsuka Shizuka was helping Yukino to join the club, he felt that with Mr. Hiratsuka's personality, he would definitely bring a lot of trouble to the Service Club in the future.
Moreover, Yukino's purpose clearly showed that she welcomed trouble, which made her behavior of throwing things at him even more justified.
"Newcomer?" Yukino glanced at Natsume who was pretending to read a book.
"Buyer, given your reputation, it's really not convenient for me to bring people in." Natsume Rin tactfully responded to the assignment from last semester.
"...So it's still just the two of us." After Yukino finished speaking in a low voice, she looked at the smiling Shiina Mahiru. She felt that there was a new choice, but she also felt that it was not appropriate to recruit her.
Chapter 69: Sister or younger sister?
"Shiina-san?"
"arrive."
"Do you know our Service Club? In fact, there are many clubs in the school that are more suitable for you than us." Yukino did not reject her explicitly.
"Well." Shiina Mahiru touched her lips and smiled happily at Natsume, "Since Natsume-san is here, it doesn't matter if I don't understand."
Yukinoshita Yukino immediately thought everything through and filled in the details for them in her head.
After glaring at Natsume who was pretending to be innocent, she took out an application from the table that was originally used to deal with Natsume.
"Then please fill this out first, Shiina-san."
While she was writing something seriously, Yukino grabbed the boy and started questioning him.
"what is going on?"
After noticing that a certain department head was about to use his power, Natsume Rin looked at Shiina Mahiru sympathetically and responded in a low voice: "Mr. Hiratsuka asked me to be responsible for guiding the new students to understand the school?"
He also learned how to speak without lying or revealing the truth.
Yukino looked at him suspiciously. If what he said was true, it would prove that in less than a day, a girl like Shiina would be so generous as to have physical contact with him.
"What's with that look in your eyes? Don't you trust me, the only member of your club?" Natsume Rin deliberately emphasized the word "only".
"Maybe it won't be like that soon, and you've never been someone you can trust," she said with certainty.
"…Is it necessary to be so realistic when speaking?" Natsume Rin felt that her strong heart was hurt once again.
"I'm sorry, but I don't know why. When I talk to Natsume-san, I can't help but speak my mind. Should I blame you or me?"
She preached with a smile, and even though she was apologizing, she looked even more proud.
"It's strange." Natsume Rin replied affirmatively.
Anyway, he has formed path dependence, and whenever he encounters something unpleasant and needs to find an excuse, he will just blame it on Yang No.
Yukino opened her mouth slightly, thought for a few seconds, and nodded in agreement: "Thinking about it carefully, it is indeed her fault. She is the one who messed things up whenever you were unreliable."
The two hit it off immediately, staring into each other's eyes, eager to form an alliance against Yang No in the activity room.
But Natsume was only halfway moved when he suddenly remembered that his relationship with Sister Yang No was no longer the same as before, and he had the idea of cooperating with Yang No to teach Xiao Xue a lesson.
The balance between sisters is in your hands
[Option 1: Stand by the demon sister, curb the angel sister's resistance, and let her be a good daughter of the family]
[Option 2: Stand by the side of the angel sister, break the hegemony and shadow of the devil sister, and let the sister gain the dominance of the family]
[Reward: Attribute point × 1, 10 points, 2000 million yen]
It can be seen that this should be a long-term task. After all, even if Yukino gives up resistance, she has to wait until she graduates from college to become a good daughter of the family. Moreover, the rewards for the task are extremely rich, which is basically two attribute points given for free.
Natsume has always been very curious about attribute points, especially what will happen if his appearance, which is already close to the maximum value, is increased to ten points.
Can you really just rely on your looks to make others look stunning?
The boy's mind flashed with the glorious images of his predecessors, and he felt that such a thing was not impossible.
Although he had been consciously saving up his points, it would still take him nearly two years to collect the full amount relying on Yang Nai's monthly sign-in of 5000.
"Yukino will be suppressed by Yang Noo if she is stable. With my help, Yukino will go home and call her mom after she graduates from high school. I feel embarrassed to take these two attribute points without adding some conditions."
Natsume muttered to himself, drawing the attention of Yukino, who was used to his occasional outbursts.
"Thinking about your paper wife again?"
Yukino always thought it was outrageous that someone like Natsume would be obsessed with that kind of thing, but the fact was that whenever she saw him talking nonsense, it would definitely be something related to anime.
"Hehe, Minister, oh Minister, you must defeat the evil Haruno. I have placed my entire fortune on you." Natsume casually clicked on the second option and spoke to Yukino with a serious expression.
It is really boring to have no challenging choices, and rather than letting the devil sister become more arrogant, he still prefers to see the younger sister take care of the older sister.
Besides, among the sisters, he admired the lovely younger sister more.
"Don't worry, in this sister war, your most important friend is Natsume Rin..."